Falafel Quesadilla

Falafel is a traditional Egyptian and Middle Eastern food, commonly served in a pita bread pocket, but nowadays with globalization its available at other parts of the world too.

Here I have made the quesadilla not with tortilla but with the normal roti we make at home. If you like, you can go ahead with tortillas. I have tried to make an Indian and a healthy version of it, thus the “roti”.

Ingredients for falafel:

Chickpea – 1 cup

Onion (chopped) – 2-3 tsp

Garlic – 1-2 pc (big)

Cumin – 1/4-1/2 tsp

Salt – to taste

Black Pepper Powder – 1 pinch

Cayenne Pepper – 1 pinch

Coriander (ground) – 1/4 tsp

Parsley (chopped) – 1 tbsp

Flour – 1-2 tbsp

Oil – for frying

Cardamon – little bit (optional)

Ingredients for quesadilla:

Tortilla (here I am taking roti) – 4 pc

Mozarella Cheese – 2-4 tbsp

Oil/ghee/butter – 1-2 tsp

Bell pepper and carrot (sliced and sauteed) – as per liking

Tomato Ketchup – as per liking

Method for making falafel:

Soak chickpeas overnight in sufficient water.

Next day drain all the water and wash chickpeas 2-3 times.

Now in a mixer/grinder take all the ingredients mentioned in the ingredients’ list except salt and flour.

Make a coarse paste. Don’t make a fine one.

Now take it out in a big bowl and mix salt and flour.

In the meanwhile take oil in a kadhai and let it turn medium hot.

Make balls out of the paste. The flour should be sufficient to make the balls but shouldn’t be so much, else the balls will turn out hard.

Fry the balls till golden brown.

Method for quesadilla:

On a sandwich grill, layer a roti/tortilla with butter at the outer side. (I have made a rectangular shaped roti to fit into my sandwich grill).

Now sprinkle mozzarella cheese and spread little ketchup on it.

Now spread few falafel over it.

Layer with bell pepper,carrot mozzarella cheese and ketchup.

Now put another roti/tortilla on the top with butter on the outer side.